Caporegime
I am not speculating - just putting all the info we have so far together. I am not even looking for a new graphics card ATM!! 
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The first "proper" Kepler news Fri 17th Feb?
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Happy with what?!
Err.. performance, I thought it was supposed to be the mid range chip ?
Caporegime
The question which now has to be asked,is how fast is the GK107??
Soldato
Jesus it's a 3Dmark score FFS.
3Dmark gives a physics score and Nvidia cards have Physx.
Thus, that score could be completely and utterly meaningless.
3Dmark gives a physics score and Nvidia cards have Physx.
Thus, that score could be completely and utterly meaningless.
The question which now has to be asked,is how fast is the GK107??
Was that not going to be a mobile GPU, if it is it should be slower really
Associate
I thought that the PhysX test was removed from the latest version of 3DMark?
Caporegime
Another important question and the most important one.....
.....will my GK104 list hit 20 points by the end of the weekend??
.....will my GK104 list hit 20 points by the end of the weekend??
Caporegime
There is one listed,
http://www.3dmark.com/3dmark11/
If I remember correctly it s a bunch of old Roman/Egyptian style columns/buildings failing over.
Caporegime
Another important question and the most important one.....
.....will my GK104 list hit 20 points by the end of the weekend??
No, and im still not convinced about an illuminated logo.
Soldato
3DM11 does not support physx like vantage did.
Soldato
So they could be using an older one?
I know the Physx "cheat" for the CPU score has been removed from Vantage. No idea if they have changed 3DM11 to suit.
This 40% that keeps floating about has been for ages. Apparently in Physx applications the card is 40% faster. But I have already shown what happens when you run Physx on a Radeon.
Basically I ran Metro 2033 benchmark with Physx disabled. Then I enabled it, guess what? 40% slower because it was making my CPU crap its guts out of its mouth. That doesn't come as a surprise.
Associate
We all know nVidia deliberately crippled PhysX on CPUs by using x87 code. We all know that in games sponsored by nVidia that performance will be questionable on AMD cards, often with Crossfire entirely absent or offering virtually no scaling (Batman: Arkham City being a good example). And we all know that just because nVidia is allegedly claiming a 40% - and the source of the information is far from reliable - it doesn't mean the card will actually deliver that.
That said, it all comes down to value for money. If doesn't matter if it's the same speed as the 7970 as long as it's cheaper; if it's faster then nVidia will obviously charge to reflect that. We've apparently only got a few more days to wait so we'll soon see.
That said, it all comes down to value for money. If doesn't matter if it's the same speed as the 7970 as long as it's cheaper; if it's faster then nVidia will obviously charge to reflect that. We've apparently only got a few more days to wait so we'll soon see.
Soldato
Are they going to reveal pricing then? or just specs?
Caporegime
On a more serious note I do wonder how much of this SA article will be true:
http://semiaccurate.com/2012/02/01/physics-hardware-makes-keplergk104-fast/
http://semiaccurate.com/2012/02/01/physics-hardware-makes-keplergk104-fast/
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Caporegime
Soldato
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Ha! Looks like I'm a fool...
Ha! Looks like I'm a fool...
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